APPENDIX C

CIVIL DISTURBANCE INFORMATION COLLECTION PRIORITIES

1. (C) Priority Assignment Base. The Priority Assignment Base (PAB) consists of numerical priorities from 1 through 3. Within each priority, three subpriorities (A, B, C) are established to indicate further the relative degree of urgency for satisfying a requirement. The criteria on which priorities and subpriorities have been determined are shown below:

a. Priorities:

(1) Priority 1: Information concerning the existing civil disturbance subversion threat against U.S. national interests, the realization of which could result in large-scale riots involving U.S. forces. This category of information is of such importance as to warrant maximum increased effort.

(2) Priority 2: Information concerning a potential civil disturbance. subversion threat against U.S. national interests, resulting from nationwide local racial incidents, deliberate provocations or regional difficulties which could result in limited involvement of U.S. forces. This category of informatic is of such importance as to warrant moderate increased effort.

(3) Priority 3: Information concerning natural phenomena and human adaptations, their interrelationships and effects on the civil disturbance situation in the nation. Collection of this information warrants routine effort

b. Subpriorities:

(1) A - Items requiring action before subpriority B or C items.

(2) B - Items requiring action after subpriority A but before subpriority C items.

(3) C Items requiring action after subpriority A and items.

2. (C) Priority Intelligence Objectives. Department of the Army priority civil disturbance intelligence objectives to be supported by this plan are stated below:

2. Priority 1:

(1) Maximum prior warning of an impending major civil disturbance outbreak in the United States.

(2) Major developments in the composition, disposition, and capabilities of dissident/subversive groups in the United States.

b. Priority 2:

(1) Plans, activities and capabilities of dissident/subversive organizations to create disturbances and effect arson, demolition, vandalism and other disruptive activities against property and persons of particular interest to the U.S. Government.

(2) Present and prospective dissident/subversive capabilities to initiate or support civil disturbances, subversive and paramilitary operations in the United States.

(a) Contact with dissident and subversive elements in target areas and support of such elements' activities.

(3)

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such groups.

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(t) Extent and nature of Communist are to dissitent subversive groups. (7) Intra-group relations and schisms; extent and nature of internel resistance and disagreement within subvers.ve 0.53ldent Organiz. Lions.

(E) Circumstances, trends and occurrences that substantially #116ST capabilities of subversive/dissident groups to create civil disturbances, including acquisition of arms and enactment of new legislation.

C. Priority 3:

(1) Routine developments in the composition, dispositio capabilities of subversive dissident group..

(2) Circumstances, trends and occurrences that routinely affect capabilities of subversive/dissident groups to create civil disturbances.

(3) Routine data on personnel, funds, resources, organization, and location of dissiden /subversive groups.

(4) Other information concerning civil disturbances that requires routine collection effort.

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(5) Indications of movement into extremist, integrationist and segregationist groups by the Communist Party and other subversive organizations. 1C

(6) Aims and activities of groups

attempting to create, prolong or aggravate tensions. 1C

e.

Purposes and objectives of dissident groups.

(1) Overall purpose and objectives. Longterm and short-term objectives and relationship to problems of minority groups and the country. Estimates of plans and objectives; capabilities; resources to be employed.

(2) Specific aims and roles. Coordination with other minority groups and dissident organizations. Support obtained from agencies. f. Capabilities and vulnerabilities of dissident groups.